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    Agency: Tunnel under old fast-food spot in Arizona used to smuggle drugs

    • The Associated Press
    • Aug 23, 2018
    • Aug 23, 2018 Updated Sep 29, 2018
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    Agency: Tunnel under old restaurant in Arizona used to smuggle drugs

    Updated Sep 30, 2018
    Agency: Tunnel under old restaurant in Arizona used to smuggle drugs

    Federal authorities have discovered a sophisticated drug-smuggling tunnel that went from a home in Mexico to an abandoned fast-food restaurant in Arizona.

    Courtesy of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol

    Agency: Tunnel under old restaurant in Arizona used to smuggle drugs

    Updated Aug 23, 2018
    Agency: Tunnel under old restaurant in Arizona used to smuggle drugs

    Federal authorities have discovered a sophisticated drug-smuggling tunnel that went from a home in Mexico to an abandoned fast-food restaurant in Arizona.

    Courtesy of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol

    Agency: Tunnel under old restaurant in Arizona used to smuggle drugs

    Updated Aug 23, 2018
    Agency: Tunnel under old restaurant in Arizona used to smuggle drugs

    Federal authorities have discovered a sophisticated drug-smuggling tunnel that went from a home in Mexico to an abandoned fast-food restaurant in Arizona.

    Courtesy of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol

    Agency: Tunnel under old restaurant in Arizona used to smuggle drugs

    Updated Aug 23, 2018
    Agency: Tunnel under old restaurant in Arizona used to smuggle drugs

    Federal authorities have discovered a sophisticated drug-smuggling tunnel that went from a home in Mexico to an abandoned fast-food restaurant in Arizona.

    Courtesy of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol

    A look inside the tunnel under an old Arizona restaurant agency says was used to smuggle drugs

    Updated Aug 31, 2018

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    • Mexico Border
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    • Yuma
    • Arizona

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